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Proportion of 15-24 year-olds enrolled in vocational education, both sexes (%) by country

Percentage of young people aged 15-24 years participating in technical or vocational education either in formal or non-formal (e.g. work-based or other settings) education, on a given date or during a specified period. The figure is calculated as the number of young people aged 15-24 years participating in...

Countries reporting
146
Highest
35.4%
Slovenia
Lowest
0.0%
Yemen
Median
4.4%
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
4,463

What the numbers show

Proportion of 15-24 year-olds enrolled in vocational education, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 146 countries. The highest value is 35.4% in Slovenia; the lowest is 0.0% in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 4.4%, and the mean is 7.6%.

Over the past decade 73 countries rose and 37 fell. The largest increase was in Sao Tome and Principe (up 1,866.1%), and the largest decrease in Djibouti (down 100.0%).

Proportion of 15-24 year-olds enrolled in vocational education, both: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Slovenia 35.4% 2018 up 70.2% rising
2 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 29.0% 2018 down 1.2% rising
3 Austria 27.6% 2018 up 10.3% rising
4 Czechia 26.2% 2018 down 1.2% flat
5 Türkiye 25.0% 2018 up 281.8% volatile
6 Belgium 24.9% 2018 down 3.3% falling
7 Serbia 24.7% 2019 up 4.5% flat
8 Uzbekistan 23.8% 2018 up 56.5% rising
9 Liechtenstein 23.3% 2018 down 9.0% volatile
10 Switzerland 23.1% 2018 up 10.9% falling
11 Netherlands 23.0% 2018 down 5.2% rising
12 Slovakia 22.6% 2018 down 7.1% falling
13 Luxembourg 22.0% 2018 up 4.3% rising
14 Croatia 21.8% 2018 down 2.3% rising
15 Italy 21.3% 2018 down 5.1% rising
16 Germany 20.5% 2018 up 17.9% falling
17 Finland 20.5% 2018 up 17.1% rising
18 Romania 20.2% 2012 up 21.4% rising
19 Seychelles 19.8% 2019 — volatile
20 Poland 19.6% 2018 up 45.3% falling
21 France 19.3% 2018 up 36.7% rising
22 Suriname 18.5% 2015 down 2.8% rising
23 Hungary 18.2% 2018 up 86.7% volatile
24 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 18.0% 2018 up 105.3% volatile
25 Norway 17.4% 2018 down 14.2% rising
26 Latvia 17.0% 2018 up 64.7% rising
27 Bulgaria 16.6% 2018 down 0.4% falling
28 Israel 16.6% 2018 up 47.6% rising
29 Portugal 16.4% 2018 up 120.2% rising
30 Spain 15.4% 2018 up 124.4% rising
31 Republic of Korea 14.3% 2018 up 94.8% rising
32 Chile 13.9% 2018 down 19.8% rising
33 Cuba 13.4% 2019 up 1.5% rising
34 Australia 13.4% 2018 — falling
35 Greece 13.0% 2018 up 63.6% rising
36 Indonesia 12.8% 2018 up 101.3% rising
37 Sweden 12.7% 2018 down 35.3% falling
38 Mexico 12.6% 2018 up 331.2% volatile
39 Denmark 12.0% 2018 down 19.0% falling
40 Estonia 11.7% 2018 up 25.5% rising
41 Egypt 11.6% 2019 up 29.4% rising
42 Uruguay 10.7% 2017 up 191.0% rising
43 Malta 10.7% 2018 up 29.6% rising
44 New Zealand 10.0% 2018 up 24.6% volatile
45 Belarus 10.0% 2018 up 23.9% rising
46 Guatemala 9.5% 2018 up 8.7% rising
47 Costa Rica 9.3% 2019 up 166.2% rising
48 Iceland 9.0% 2018 down 20.3% falling
49 Honduras 8.8% 2019 up 29.1% rising
50 Lithuania 8.8% 2018 up 32.5% falling
51 Libya 8.7% 1983 up 154.3% rising
52 Ireland 8.5% 2018 up 22.7% volatile
53 Armenia 8.2% 2019 up 261.9% volatile
54 Ecuador 7.6% 2018 down 16.6% rising
55 Panama 7.2% 2017 down 6.3% falling
56 Cameroon 7.2% 2016 up 20.0% volatile
57 El Salvador 7.1% 2018 down 18.0% falling
58 Brunei Darussalam 7.0% 2019 up 46.2% rising
59 Cyprus 6.8% 2018 up 105.5% rising
60 Aruba 6.8% 2011 down 26.0% falling
61 Kyrgyzstan 6.1% 2019 up 132.4% rising
62 Mongolia 5.9% 2018 up 34.5% rising
63 Iran, Islamic Republic of 5.9% 2017 up 21.9% rising
64 Thailand 5.6% 2015 up 16.5% rising
65 Timor-Leste 5.4% 2019 — volatile
66 Albania 5.3% 2019 up 24.8% rising
67 Tunisia 5.2% 1985 up 8.7% flat
68 South Africa 5.1% 2018 up 193.0% volatile
69 Paraguay 5.1% 2016 up 34.5% rising
70 Malaysia 4.7% 2019 up 67.2% rising
71 Dominican Republic 4.6% 2019 up 192.8% rising
72 Sao Tome and Principe 4.5% 2015 up 1,866.1% volatile
73 Ukraine 4.4% 2014 up 2.3% falling
74 Lao People's Democratic Republic 4.4% 2019 — volatile
75 Saudi Arabia 4.1% 2019 up 345.4% volatile
76 Rwanda 3.9% 2019 — falling
77 Sri Lanka 3.9% 2018 up 32.7% volatile
78 Bahrain 3.6% 2019 down 23.5% falling
79 Mali 3.5% 2018 up 32.4% volatile
80 Georgia 3.4% 2019 — volatile
81 Palestine, State of 3.1% 2019 — volatile
82 Bangladesh 3.0% 2019 up 263.3% volatile
83 Hong Kong, China 3.0% 2019 up 498.9% volatile
84 Belize 3.0% 2019 up 44.7% rising
85 Tuvalu 2.9% 2019 — volatile
86 Brazil 2.8% 2011 up 123.2% rising
87 Burundi 2.6% 2019 up 334.8% rising
88 San Marino 2.5% 2019 — volatile
89 Angola 2.4% 2011 — volatile
90 Botswana 2.3% 2003 up 35.0% rising
91 Algeria 2.2% 1997 up 190.3% rising
92 Syrian Arab Republic 2.1% 2013 down 30.5% rising
93 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 2.0% 2015 up 35.9% falling
94 Tonga 1.8% 2015 down 33.4% falling
95 Antigua and Barbuda 1.8% 2018 down 58.4% volatile
96 Ethiopia 1.7% 2015 up 872.1% volatile
97 Grenada 1.6% 2018 — volatile
98 Mauritius 1.5% 2018 down 59.8% volatile
99 British Virgin Islands 1.4% 2018 down 23.5% volatile
100 Cape Verde 1.4% 2018 up 1.8% falling
101 Ghana 1.3% 2019 up 22.4% volatile
102 Macau, China 1.3% 2019 up 9.6% falling
103 Lesotho 1.3% 2015 up 419.0% volatile
104 Iraq 1.3% 2007 down 54.8% falling
105 Marshall Islands 1.3% 2019 up 8.2% volatile
106 Benin 1.2% 2016 down 25.7% falling
107 Jordan 1.2% 2019 down 45.5% falling
108 Guyana 1.2% 2011 up 40.3% volatile
109 Puerto Rico 1.1% 2016 — volatile
110 Niger 1.0% 2017 — volatile
111 Afghanistan 0.9% 2018 — volatile
112 Fiji 0.9% 2012 — volatile
113 Saint Lucia 0.8% 2019 — volatile
114 Guinea 0.8% 2014 — volatile
115 Burkina Faso 0.8% 2019 down 6.8% rising
116 Naoero 0.8% 2019 — volatile
117 Peru 0.8% 2019 up 320.9% volatile
118 Madagascar 0.7% 2019 down 11.1% volatile
119 Mozambique 0.7% 2015 up 13.7% rising
120 Vanuatu 0.7% 2015 down 80.1% volatile
121 Equatorial Guinea 0.6% 2005 — volatile
122 Oman 0.6% 2019 — volatile
123 Nicaragua 0.6% 2010 down 63.6% falling
124 Eritrea 0.5% 2018 up 107.9% rising
125 United Arab Emirates 0.5% 2017 — rising
126 Central African Republic 0.4% 2012 — falling
127 Myanmar 0.3% 2018 — volatile
128 Gambia 0.3% 1986 down 53.1% rising
129 Qatar 0.2% 2019 up 15.4% volatile
130 Mauritania 0.2% 2019 down 55.7% falling
131 Argentina 0.0% 2017 — volatile
131 Barbados 0.0% 2019 — volatile
131 Djibouti 0.0% 2009 down 100.0% falling
131 Dominica 0.0% 2019 — volatile
131 Jamaica 0.0% 2019 — volatile
131 Cambodia 0.0% 2008 down 100.0% volatile
131 Kiribati 0.0% 2008 — volatile
131 Kuwait 0.0% 2015 — volatile
131 Namibia 0.0% 2007 — volatile
131 Somalia 0.0% 2007 — falling
131 Eswatini 0.0% 2015 — volatile
131 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0% 2018 — volatile
131 Chad 0.0% 2017 — volatile
131 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0% 2017 — volatile
131 Samoa 0.0% 2016 — volatile
131 Yemen 0.0% 2016 down 100.0% volatile

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Proportion of 15-24 year-olds enrolled in vocational education, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
206 places, 4,463 data points, 1970–2019
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Percentage of young people aged 15-24 years participating in technical or vocational education either in formal or non-formal (e.g. work-based or other settings) education, on a given date or during a specified period. The figure is calculated as the number of young people aged 15-24 years participating in technical and vocational education at secondary, post-secondary non-tertiary or tertiary levels of education is expressed as a percentage of the population of the same age group. The data source is administrative data from schools and other places of education and training or household survey data on enrolment in technical and vocational programmes by single year of age; population censuses and surveys for population estimates for the age group 15-24 years (if using administrative data on enrolment). Technical and vocational education and training can be offered in a variety of settings including schools and universities, workplace environments and others. Administrative data often capture only provision in formal settings such as schools and universities. Participation rates do not capture the intensity or quality of the provision nor the outcomes of the education and training on offer. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute for Statistics: http://uis.unesco.org/